Portable liquor dispenser



March 29 1938. e. c. SEVELLE PORTABLE LIQUOR DISPENSER 2 She ets-Sheet 1 Filed March 30, 1955 INVENTOR. GIMME (1 62 1/1215 BY MM MW I ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 29,, 1938 PATENT OFFICE j PORTABLE LIQUOR. DISPENSER George C. Sevelle, San Francisco, Calif. Application March 30, 1935, Serial No. 13,985

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in portable liquor dispensers, and it consists of the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of myinvention is to provide a portable liquor dispenser designed especially for the glove compartment in the instrument board of an automobile. The device is portable so that it can be readily inserted and removed from the compartment. However, it is proposed to place the device in the compartment, and then secure it in position against removal. The devicecarries a tray which is removably secured in the device, and this tray in turn carries glasses and bottles of liquor.

I prefer to line the interior of the device with sheet metal in order make it resemble a bar, and also for sanitary purposes. The tray has openings therein for receiving bottles of liquor and also has openings for holding glasses. In the large device the openings for the glasses are two sizes so that large and small glasses can be carried by the tray.

A catch is used for preventing the accidental removal of the tray and this catch may be freed when it is desired to entirely remove the tray from the device. The device is extremely simple in construction, and is durable and efllcient for the purpose intended.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel fea tures of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of an instrument board showing the glove compartment, and indicating the position of the device in the compartment;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device;

Figure 3 is a front elevation;

Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a section along the line 55 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a plan view of a slightly modified form of the device;

Figure 7 is a section along the line 1-4 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a plan view of another modified form of the invention; and

Figure 9 is a section along the' line 9-5 of Figure 8.

In carrying out my invention I provide 9. casing I having a bottom 2, side walls 3 and 4, and

a rear wall 5. The interior of the casing l is lined with sheet metal indicated at 6, in Figure 4. This sheet metal may be provided with a polished surface so as to enhance the appearance 5 of the device. Also the sheet metal will make the device more sanitary and permits it to be readily cleaned.

The side walls 3 and 4 carry channels 1 and 8, and these channels slidably receive a tray 9. 10 The front edge of the tray has a channel It, and this channel cooperates with the channels I and 8 to provide a frame around three sides of the tray when the tray is disposed in the casing.

The tray has two elongated openings or slots 15 II and I 2 for receiving bottles of liquor indicated generally at I 3 and I4. Napkins l5 and ii are disposed around the bottles l3 and I4 in the manner shown in Figure 3, and this prevents the bottles from contacting with the bot- 20 tom 2 of the casing, and with the side edges of the slots II and I 2. In this way breakage of th bottles is reduced to a minimum.

Figures 2 and 4 show how the bottles have their neck portions ll resting on the tray 9. The 25 bottles are of such a length and are received in the slots in such a manner that they are prevented from dropping out from the slots even though the tray is entirely removed from the casing. The bottles can be removed from the 30 slots when pouring the contents into the glasses.

Figures 2 and 3 show also the tray 9 as being provided with a row of small openings l8, and a row of large openings I9. I have shown four of each. Figure 3 shows small glasses 20 re- 35 ceived in the openings l8, and large glasses 2| received in the large openings l9.

Referring to Figure 1 it will be seen that the glove compartment 22 is closed by a hinged door 23 in the instrument board 24. The position of 40 the casing l is indicated by dotted lines. In Figure 41 show a simple means for securing the casing I in the compartment. The compartments are lined with felt and the casing is made large enough to be snugly received in the com- 45 partment. In order to anchor the casing, I provide a screw 25, see Figure 4, which has a bifurcated end 25 that straddles the upper edge of the rear wall 5. Thls'screw is received in a coupling 21, and a second screw 28 is also received in the coupling, and has a pointed end 29 that is designed to engage with the top wall 30 in the compartment 22. It will be seen that a mere rotation of the sleeve 21 in 'the right direction will elongate the anchoring device and 55 drive the pointed end 29 against the top wall 30 and thus secure the casing I in place.

In Figures 2 and I show a spring-pressed catch 3! that is rotatably mounted on a pin 32 carried by the side wall 4. The catch bears against the top of the channel 8. A clip 33 is carried by the tray 3, and has a portion 34 riding on the top of the channel 8. When the tray is moved outwardly the clip is carried thereby and the portion 34 strikes the trigger or catch 3i, and prevents the entire removal of the tray from the casing. 11 it is desired to entirely remove the tray from the casing it is merely necessary to depress the handle 35 of the catch and lift the portion 36 above the channel 8, and this will free the portion 34 so that the tray 9 can be entirely removed.

The device shown in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive is of the large type, and is designed to be placed in the glove compartments 22 which are relatively large. For example, this device is designed to fit the glove compartment of a Buick, Cadillac, Chrysler, Essex, Graham-Paige, Hudson, Hupmobile, La Salle and Reo. In Figures 6 to 9 inclusive I show modified forms of the device which are designed to fit glove compartments in other makes of cars.

For example, in Figures 6 and '7, I show a device designed to be received in the glove compartment of an Auburn, small Buick, Chrysler, Chevrolet, De Soto, Ford, Graham-Paige, Oldsmobile, Lincoln, Plymouth, Packard, and Pontiac. In this form of the device the structure is identical to that already described except that the tray 31 is smaller than the tray 9, and is provided with only one slot 38 for receiving one bottle, and with only one row of openings 39 for receiving the small glasses 20. The case in this form of the device is not as deep as the form already described, but inasmuch as the structural parts are the same, corresponding reference numerals are applied to the drawings.

In the form of the device shown in Figures 8 and 9, the tray area is the same as that shown in Figure 6, except that the movement of the tray is in a different direction when removing it from the casing. This form also has a single slot 40 in the tray 4| for receiving the bottle, and has a single row of openings 42 for receiving glasses. The form of the device shown in Figures 8 and 9 is designed to be placed in the glove compartment of a Lafayette. Nash, Studebaker or Reo. This form of the device as well as the form shown in Figures 6 and '7 can be anchored in place by the same anchoring means shown in Figure 4. Since the structural parts are the same as that shown in Figures 2 and 6, corresponding reference numerals will be given,

While I have shown only the preferred forms 01' my invention, it should be understood that various changes or modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

The combination with a compartment closed on top and bottom and on all sides with the exception of the front side, a door normally closing the front side of the compartment, of a casing removably disposed in the compartment, means for securing the casing within the compartment, said casing having an open front and top, a tray 'slidably carried by the casing and being removable therefrom through the front of the casing when the door is open, and means limiting the outward movement of the tray against accidental entire withdrawal from the casing, said means adapted to be manually actuated for permitting the entire withdrawal of the tray from the casing.

GEORGE C. SEVELLE. 

